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Your author then proceeds to quote Bronwyn Elkuss, and her quote is prominently displayed as a teaser above the second page of the article. Ms. Elkuss may indeed have authorized the quote, but the Reader article should also have credited the News-Star, since this is a barely paraphrased version of the same quote from the earlier article.
Perhaps the most important error in the Reader article is entirely of Mr. Joravsky’s own making. In describing the Devon-Sheridan TIF area, he claims that it covers “70 acres of prime north-side property including Loyola’s lakefront campus.” In fact, only fringe portions of the campus are actually in the TIF district. This is a very serious error when considered in context with the anti-Loyola tone of the overall article.
Rogers Park
Finally, Angela Caputo of the News-Star deserves credit for breaking this TIF story, but I did not draw from it.
